All Ratings articles – Page 427
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RatingsSinging Detective arrests 300k
THURSDAY: The highly-anticipated repeat of The Singing Detective, marking its 25th anniversary, topped BBC4’s slot average by around 100k viewers.
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RatingsInside Men clinches 4.5m
THURSDAY: BBC1’s new four-part heist drama Inside Men tracked down an audience of more than 4.5m, thrashing the penultimate Eternal Law.
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RatingsMidsomer reboots with 6m
WEDNESDAY: The first series of Midsomer Murders without Brian True-May at the helm launched with nearly 5.9m viewers.
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RatingsGeordie Shore returns with 259k
TUESDAY: MTV reality show Geordie Shore returned for a second series – but could not match the pull of the first run.
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RatingsC4’s Concordia doc draws 2.9m
TUESDAY: Channel 4’s fast turnaround documentary about the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster drew nearly 3m viewers - beating struggling ITV1 game show The Exit List and BBC2’s new series with former Hotel Inspector Alex Polizzi.
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RatingsCall the Midwife swells to 10.5m
CONSOLIDATED: Call the Midwife delivered nearly 10.5m viewers on its second episode, beating its own record-breaking debut.
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RatingsWhitechapel returns with 6.2m
MONDAY: ITV1’s copycat killer drama Whitechapel returned with its best overnight ratings since its first series in 2009.
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RatingsBBC3’s gay footballers doc nets 712k
MONDAY: An investigative documentary into the lack of openly gay professional footballers in Britain drew nearly a quarter of a million more viewers than BBC3’s usual audience.
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RatingsHustle snatches top spot from Law & Order
CONSOLIDATED: BBC1 drama Hustle blagged more than 1m viewers on catch up, snatching the slot crown from ITV1 competitor Law & Order.
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RatingsTop Gear returns with 5.12m
SUNDAY: Top Gear returned with its lowest series debut in 18 months, as Call the Midwife delivered another series high for BBC1.
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RatingsTOWIE tops 1m on return
SUNDAY: The Only Way Is Essex returned for a fourth run on ITV2 but drew its lowest series launch since its debut in 2010.
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RatingsLiverpool victory nets 6.2m
SATURDAY: Liverpool’s FA Cup clash with Manchester United peaked with more than 6.2m for ITV1 - but the commercial broadcaster was nearly beaten by BBC2 in primetime.
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RatingsCBB final peaks with 3.5m
FRIDAY: The Celebrity Big Brother final peaked with more than 3.5m viewers as Denise Welch was named winner - beat last year’s concluding episode.
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RatingsMad Dogs take down Manhattan
THURSDAY: A glossy BBC4 drama starring Doctor Who’s Karen Gillan could not quite match the pull of Sky1’s Mad Dogs.
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RatingsCBB semi-final locks in 2.4m
THURSDAY: The semi-final of Celebrity Big Brother fought off competition from BBC2 and Channel 4 to post one of its biggest audiences of the series.
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Ratings5* rating for Celebrity BB
This week some Daves in suits launched, BBC4 went to France, the sweaty Mad Dogs returned and 5* got a big boost from the switchover from the live Big Brother house.
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RatingsBBC’s Midwife delivers 8m
New BBC drama Call the Midwife was recorded by nearly 2m viewers during a week in which 19 of the top 20 most-recorded shows were either comedies or drama.
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RatingsStars align for BBC2
Jasper Carrot once described golf as “hours and hours of televised sky”. BBC2, typically the home of TV golf, did just that this week - but got us all interested in watching the stars.
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RatingsBirdsong is sweet for BBC1
Sunday night working well for BBC - but Tuesday has ITV1 heading for the exit.
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RatingsGenre Overview
Browse the top ten children’s, factual, drama, entertainment, comedy, music and arts programmes from 16-22 January.